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Reconstruction |
1865-1877; attempt by the federal government to readmit the southern states back into the United States after the Civil War |
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Abraham Lincoln |
16th president of the United States; Shaped the reconstruction and believed in reconciliation and that pres |
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How many military districts was the south divided into during reconstruction? |
five |
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Southern military leaders were not allowed to_________________ during reconstruction |
vote or hold office |
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Carpetbaggers |
northerners who went south after the Civil War to help former slaves or help the south rebuild |
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Robert E. Lee |
southern general who led the south during the Civil War. After losing the war, he encouraged southerners to reconcile with the north and reunite as Americans. |
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Black Codes |
laws that limited the rights of African Americans in the south |
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Fredrick Douglas |
former slave who worked to achieve civil rights for all people and for constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights |
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Civil Rights Act of 1866 |
stated that all people born in the United States are citizens and should have equal rights |
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13th Amendment |
banned slavery in the U.S and its territories |
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14th Amendment |
gave citizenship to all people born in the United States; also gave all citizens equal rights |
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15th Amendment |
stated that a person could not be denied the right to vote based on race or the fact that they used to be slaves (gave all men in the U.S the right to vote) |
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Freedmen's Bureau |
government agency that helped former slaves find work and get an education |
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Why were northern troops sent to the south during the reconstruction? |
to make sure that the reconstruction laws and amendments were put into effect |
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Presidential Election of 1876 |
ended reconstruction; in order to be president, republican Rutherford B. Hayes made a deal with southern democrats that northern troops would be removed from the south |
